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E. FISCHER.

METAL FENCEPOST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. a. 1915.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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EMIL FISCHER, or monsomnroniean, ASSIGNOR or ONE-THIRD TO 0. n. THAYEB.

AND ONE-THIRD TO FRED F. FIEiCEIER, BGTI-I (1F: J AGKSON, MICHIGAN. 1

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To all whom it may concern Be 1t known that I, EMIL Fisornin, a cit1- zen of the United States, residing at Jack son, in the county of Jackson, 7 State of Michigan, haveinvented a new, and useful Metal Fencepost; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to. which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved metal fence post, and an" object of the in vention is to provide a fence post angular in cross section and having a plate bolted thereto, between which and the edges of the angular parts of the post .the fence wires are disposed, there being deflected spurs, cut

from the opposite edges of said plate, ar-' ranged in staggered relations and extending upwardly and downwardly, to prevent displacement of the fence wlre.

One of the features of the invention is the provision of a laterally extending portion at the top of said plate overlying the upper end of the fence post and terminating in spurs or barbs.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of barbs or spurs bolted to the fence post, preventing the cattle from rubhing up against the post, and weakening the same in its foundation.

Another object of the invention is the provision of reinforcing or bracing means to prevent the post from bending at a point immediate above its foundation.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling ings, ldesignates a metal fence post, which is angular in cross section, and bolted to the fence post soas to contact with the edges of the flanges of sald angular post, by means Specification 'of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

. Applicationfiled.November 8, 1915. Serial No. 60,276.

site edge extend upwardly. It is to be noted that the slits are arranged in staggered relation, consequently the spurs or lugs are correspondingly arranged. Before tightening the plate 5 in place securely, the fence wires 10 are arranged between the plates 5 and the edges of the angular parts of the fence post, in such a manner that the spurs or barbs 9 will prevent upward and downward movement of the fence wire. In other words, each wire is arranged between every two diagonally oppositebarbs ,or lugs 9 that extend toward each but in a direction offset from each other, so that if the wire happens to be moved upwardly a short distance it will contact with one barb or spur and be prevented from moving upwardly too far, and as it moves downwardly it will engage the other barb or spur and be prevented from moving downwardly too far. The upper portion of the plate 5 extends laterally to overlie the upper end of the fence post as shown at 11, which, portion 11 terminates in upwardly extending spurs 12. The upper fence wire is arranged between one of the barbs 9 and the bent portion 11 of said plate 5, thereby holding the upper fence wire substantially in place. Ashort distance below the lower end of the plate 5, the angular I portions of the fence post are depressed inwardly toward each other as shown at 13, and extending through the inwardly bent portions 13 is a bolt 14, which also extends throu h an eye 15 of the rod 16, the upper threaded end of which extends through the ear or lug 17 and is secured by the nuts 18. The ear or lug 17 forms an integralpart of the strap 19, the upper end portion of which is fastened by one of the bolts and nuts 3 and 4:130 the plate 5. By the provision of the rod 16 and the strap 19, the fence post is braced or reinforced, so as to prevent the fence post from bending just above the cement foundation 21 (in which the lower part of the fence post and the rod 16 are embedded). When the fence post is not embedded in f a cement foundation 21,' it is to be provided with an additional extension 22,

which is pointed at its lower end as shown at- 23, and" is bolted to the lower end of the fencepost as at 2e. By the provision of this,

POl IItBd'BXtBIISlOH, the fence post ina fbe driven into the ground to securely anchor the same. However, when the post is embedded or anchored in the' 'said cement foundlationythe cement or the'likefill the apertures; of the-"fence: post, through which apertures the'bolts 24fextendg that is, when the pointed extension is not" secured to the fence The invention having beenset forth, what is claimed as new and useful -is:

a 'A wire; clamp; formetallic fence posts, said clamp comprising 'a flexibl'e plate, said plate being of greater width than the fence post, vertically disposed ribs carried by the fence post and engaging and clamping the horizontally disposed wires'of'a fence against the flexible plate adjacent its vertical edges, ineans passing through said flexible plate and the fence post whereby said plate may be securely fastened to the post and clamped on the Wires; struck in lugs carried by the vertical edges of the flexible plate and disposed so as to prevent the upward and downward movement of the horizontally disposed fence wires:

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL FISGH-EP;

Witnesses JASL BRYANT, JAs. MORGAN. 

